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εἱαμενή

eiamene

lowlands, humid pasture

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1. εἰαμενή · eiamenē — Beekes

εἰαμενή [f.] ‘lowlands, humid pasture’ (Il.). eVAR ἴαμνοι [pl.] ‘id.’ (Nic. H.). Cf. ἰαμενή, -ai, also εἱἰαμένον- νήνεμον, κοῖλον, βοτανώδη ‘without wind, hollow [valley], herbaceous’ (H.). *ETYM Frisk s.v. and others assume a participle, with accent shift as in » δεξαμενή. Is initial ei- for i- metrical? The word is probably Pre-Greek, given the variation -ev-/- ttv-, which could not occur in a participle. — [Beekes, s.v. εἰαμενή, p. 426]

2. εἰαμενή · eiamenē — Frisk

εἰαμενή (ei-) f. ‘Niederung, feuchte Wiese, Aue’ (ep. seit Il.), ἴαμνος pl. “ds. (Nik, H.). Vgl. ἰαμενή, -al, auch eiauevor γνήνεμον, κοῖλον, βοτανώδη H. — Partizip mit Akzentverschiebung wie in δεξαμενή (8. d.); sonst dunkel. Anlautendes eikann metrisch bedingt sein. eißw, -ouaı, gew. κατ-είβω, -ouaı nur Präsensstamm “träufeln, (tropfenweise) vergießen’, Med. “herabrinnen’ (ep. poet. seit 11). — Daneben mit … — [Frisk, s.v. εἰαμενή, p. 482]

3. εἱαμενή · heiamenē — Frisk

εἱαμενή. Ausführlich Chantraine Rev. de phil. 3. ser. 36 (1962) 11ff. mit Kritik einer ganz unwahrscheinlichen mykenischon Zusammenstellung. eißw. Andere Kreuzungshypothese 5. τρύγοιπος. — Zu εἴβω: λείβω noch, Strömberg Class. et Med. 21 (1960) 168. Von Bourgeaud IF 74 (1969) 139-146 mit ὑγρός verbunden. — [Frisk, s.v. εἱαμενή, p. 2208]

4. εἱᾰμενή · heiamenē — LSJ

a river-side pasture, meadow, meadow, shallow creek

a river-side pasture, meadow, ἐν εἱαμενῇ ἕλεος in a marshy meadow, Il. 4.483; λειμῶνες ὑπόδροσοι εἱαμεναί τε Theoc. 25.16, cf. Call. Dian. 193, A.R. 3.1202, Euph. 138; εἱαμενὴ δὲ καὶ οὐ βυθός ἐστι θαλάσσης, of a shallow creek, Dem.Bith. 4.5 (prob. a participial form): cf. also εἰαμένον· νήνεμον, κοῖλον, βοτανώδη, Hsch.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. εἱαμενή (scan p. 426; entry #1898).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. εἱαμενή (scan p. 2208; entry #6958).

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